The collection documents Harley J. Stucky’s academic career and involvement in numerous historical, community, and church activities. Extensive correspondence is available from throughout his life and provides unique insights into a number of programs, ranging from the early development of Camp Mennoscah and other youth programs (including the North Newton 4H club as well as Western District and General Conference institutions) to the various historical organizations and celebrations for which he played major leadership roles. His insider role occasionally highlighted issues and disagreements within the numerous organizations. Stucky read quite widely and collected many pamphlets and clippings on topics related to his teaching and interests, especially those regarding international relations and nonresistance. Most significant perhaps are the materials on conscientious objection, disarmament ,and universal military service. One unique aspect of the collection is that Stucky retained copies of most, or perhaps all, of the term papers of his students, and the set from Bethel College is especially extensive. This collection provides the most extensive documentation of the Mennonite and wheat centennial celebrations in 1974, and especially of the controversies surrounding the relationship of the Wheat Committee and the Kansas Wheat Commission regarding the Kansas Wheat Center after the centennial.

see also elecrec/acc254 for phonograph record labels

Slides, photo albums (disassembled), guest books, mission files, autobiography (his), diaries (hers), 16mm films

Sound recordings, filmstrips, and films produced by the Mennonite Board of Missions for evangelization and instruction of both youth and adults.  This colleciton is divided into several series:

(1) Filmstrips and Slide Sets, 1961-1978

(2) Sound Recordings, 1968-1976

(3) Films, 1959-1978

(4) Slides, 1947-1995

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Official records of the Mennonite World Conference, a global association of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences consisting of nearly 1.2 million baptized believers.  These records are divided into series:

(1) Assembly Records

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Notebook (record of weddings performed, etc.), diplomas, photos, printed matter, books, birthday book (Vergissmeinnicht), correspondence, C. E. Krehbiel diaries, other C. E. Krehbiel items, subject files, index book (to files or articles?), sermon index, diaries, sermons, reel-to-reel tapes, C. E. Witness periodical (from Grace church in Pennsylvania?), slides, 16mm film, audio cassette, biographical interview by Jim Juhnke

In addition to the extensive information found in the hundreds of letters during Ozzie’s CPS service from 1943 through 1946, the papers also document his research, teaching and publications (although the actual teaching and administrative files at Bethel and North Illinois are quite limited). The collection does not contain significant materials related to his later work at the Kauffman Museum. The grants and projects from Rotary and Heifer International are well represented in the documentation as are various travels for these projects and numerous consulting assignments. He often kept a diary during many trips.

The collection also includes the papers of Goering’s father, Henry J. Goering. In addition to some family correspondence, poems, and a few other assorted personal papers, most notable are many ledgers documenting his farming and then carpentry businesses. As is often the case with ledgers during this period, the ledgers list every expenditure on anything and everything during the period covered by each ledger. The ledgers also indicate all income from selling cream, wheat, or other farm products. He also lists all expenses for seeds, and especially when doing construction, for all of the hours worked and wages paid to employees. So an intimate portrait of the financial side of his work is provided.

Records of a bicycle touring ministry sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Records are divided into two series:

(1) General Records, 1967-1983

(2) Bike Hike Records, 1970-1982